Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 5 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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832 | 1263–1858 | 40.5 | 7 | 225 | 3 | 1398 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 140 | 193–320 | 37.6 | 1 | 28 | |
Mono Black Aggro | 28 | 47–64 | 42.3 | 0 | 8 | |
Heroic | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
Mono White Heroic | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 29 | 51–71 | 41.8 | 0 | 3 | |
White Weenie | 14 | 8–30 | 21.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Minotaurs | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Warriors | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Affinity | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 28 | 45–62 | 42.1 | 1 | 14 | |
Equipment Aggro | 28 | 45–62 | 42.1 | 1 | 14 | |
Knights | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 27 | 28–66 | 29.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Storm | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
Dragonstorm | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 16 | 17–38 | 30.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Control | 189 | 241–421 | 36.4 | 2 | 40 | 1 |
Mono Black Control | 5 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
Dimir Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Dreadful Inspiration | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Azorius Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Grixis Control | 28 | 33–65 | 33.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Cruel Control | 28 | 33–65 | 33.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Chandra Nalaar | 38 | 45–76 | 37.2 | 0 | 10 | |
Jeskai Control | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Dragon Control | 102 | 139–227 | 38.0 | 2 | 24 | |
Izzet Dragons | 45 | 66–99 | 40.0 | 2 | 7 | |
Esper Dragons | 11 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Grixis Dragons | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Five Color Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Shrines | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Aristocrats | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 33 | 53–73 | 42.1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Azorius Skies | 13 | 24–28 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Combo-Control | 36 | 50–76 | 39.7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Hedron Alignment | 33 | 47–70 | 40.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Midrange | 360 | 561–804 | 41.1 | 4 | 120 | |
The Rock | 31 | 53–69 | 43.4 | 0 | 8 | |
Abzan Midrange | 18 | 27–43 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Jund | 14 | 20–32 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Anti-Persecution | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Graveyard Value | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 11 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 5 | |
Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Legends Midrange | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 12 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 0 | 4 | |
Naya Midrange | 15 | 8–38 | 17.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 61 | 119–130 | 47.8 | 0 | 27 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 42 | 90–85 | 51.4 | 0 | 21 | |
Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Angels | 120 | 217–252 | 46.3 | 4 | 51 | |
Mono White Angels | 28 | 61–51 | 54.5 | 2 | 10 | |
Orzhov Angels | 84 | 145–181 | 44.5 | 2 | 41 | |
Toughness Matters | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 12 | 14–29 | 32.6 | 0 | 4 | |
Sultai Emerge | 12 | 14–29 | 32.6 | 0 | 4 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Ramp | 39 | 54–82 | 39.7 | 0 | 15 | |
Rofellos Ramp | 8 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 0 | 7 | |
Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |
Cards
Colors Played
Head to Head
Seasons
Unique Cards Played
- Angelic Page
- Blink Dog
- Carnassid
- Consumed by Greed
- Corpses of the Lost
- Crossbow Infantry
- D'Avenant Archer
- Desert's Due
- Dutiful Griffin
- Elite Archers
- Epic Struggle
- Eriette's Tempting Apple
- Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
- Fledgling Griffin
- Frenzied Raider
- Grim Roustabout
- Herald of War
- Hustle // Bustle
- Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
- Keepsake Gorgon
- Knight of Cliffhaven
- Light of the Legion
- Lightwalker
- Mistwalker
- Patchwork Banner
- Plated Pegasus
- Ringwraiths
- Sacellum Archers
- Sawblade Slinger
- Selenia, Dark Angel
- Shimmer Dragon
- Silhana Starfletcher
- Skarrgan Firebird
- Sunspire Griffin
- Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Vorpal Sword
- Wild Celebrants
- Wildfire Cerberus
- Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
- Wrexial, the Risen Deep
- Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
- Zeriam, Golden Wind
Cards Played First
- Angel of Deliverance
- Angel of Vitality
- Angelic Page
- Answered Prayers
- Archangel of Tithes
- Archery Training
- Atarka Efreet
- Augmenter Pugilist
- Aurochs Herd
- Blade of the Oni
- Blink Dog
- Bonds of Mortality
- Brave the Sands
- Breathless Knight
- Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile
- Carnassid
- Consumed by Greed
- Corpses of the Lost
- Crossbow Infantry
- D'Avenant Archer
- Darkslick Drake
- Desert's Due
- Devour Intellect
- Dragon's Fire
- Dutiful Griffin
- Elite Archers
- Emissary of Despair
- Emrakul's Influence
- Epic Struggle
- Eriette's Tempting Apple
- Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
- Exit Specialist
- Exuberant Wolfbear
- Feral Prowler
- Fledgling Griffin
- Frenzied Raider
- Gnarlid Pack
- Greatbow Doyen
- Grim Roustabout
- Hall of Oracles
- Hatchery Spider
- Haven of the Spirit Dragon
- Herald of War
- Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
- Hired Hexblade
- Hustle // Bustle
- Illumination
- Immersturm Raider
- Imperial Hellkite
- Inspiring Overseer
- Isleback Spawn
- Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
- Kairi, the Swirling Sky
- Kalain, Reclusive Painter
- Keepsake Gorgon
- Kemba, Kha Enduring
- Klothys's Design
- Knight of Cliffhaven
- Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
- Kraken Hatchling
- Lash of Thorns
- Lazav, the Multifarious
- Legion Angel
- Light of the Legion
- Light Up the Night
- Lightwalker
- Lumithread Field
- Mirkwood Spider
- Mistral Charger
- Mistwalker
- Mogis's Warhound
- Monumental Henge
- Moonveil Dragon
- Mourning Thrull
- Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
- Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
- Norika Yamazaki, the Poet
- Ore-Scale Guardian
- Patchwork Banner
- Phyrexian Dragon Engine
- Plated Pegasus
- Professor's Warning
- Pyrotechnic Performer
- Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
- Rally of Wings
- Ranger's Hawk
- Rapacious Dragon
- Rat Out
- Repulsive Mutation
- Resplendent Marshal
- Ringwraiths
- Rith's Charm
- Rivaz of the Claw
- Rotwidow Pack
- Sacellum Archers
- Sarkhan the Mad
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang
- Sawblade Slinger
- Sejiri Shelter
- Selenia, Dark Angel
- Shalai, Voice of Plenty
- Shared Discovery
- Shimmer Dragon
- Silhana Starfletcher
- Silumgar, the Drifting Death
- Skarrgan Firebird
- Skulduggery
- Skyship Stalker
- Skyway Sniper
- Skywise Teachings
- Smolder Initiate
- Sparkhunter Masticore
- Spit Flame
- Spymaster's Vault
- Stormfront Pegasus
- Stun Sniper
- Sunblade Angel
- Sunfire Torch
- Sunspire Griffin
- Temple of the Dragon Queen
- Thornweald Archer
- Thunderbreak Regent
- Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Tundra Fumarole
- Twisted Sewer-Witch
- Tyrant of Kher Ridges
- Verix Bladewing
- Vorpal Sword
- Warlock Class
- Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
- Weaver of Harmony
- Wild Celebrants
- Wildfire Cerberus
- Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
- Wojek Investigator
- Wrexial, the Risen Deep
- Youthful Scholar
- Youthful Valkyrie
- Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
- Zeriam, Golden Wind